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ASP.NET Dynamic Data - Simple 5 Table Northwind Example

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:31:09 GMT

Excellent summary of what you can do with Dynamic Data - a huge timesaver for most common CRUD-style sites

Starting with jQuery - Effects

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:31:09 GMT

This is second post in a string of posts where I chronicle my adventure in learning jQuery from having no previous experience with the framework. This week, we look at basic animation effects that affect an element's visibility that are available "out of the box" with jQuery.

7 principles of clean and optimized CSS code

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:01:02 GMT

With the popularity of CSS layouts and JavaScript-enriched web page experiences, it's not uncommon, particularly for large sites, for the CSS files alone to grow in size, but there are some principles to consider during and after you write your CSS to help keep it tight and optimized. Optimization isn't just minimizing file size - it's also about being organized, clutter-free, and efficient. You'll find that the more knowledge you have about optimal CSS practices, smaller file size will inevitably come as an direct result of their implementation. You may already be familiar with some of the principles mentioned in this article, but they are worth a review. Being familiar with this concepts will help you write optimized CSS code and make you a better all-around web designer.

SubSonic Scaling

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:31:11 GMT

Rob runs some tests with millions of records to see how SubSonic holds up with respect to speed and memory use.

Why I Am No Longer Supporting IE6

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:46:03 GMT

In the recent relaunch of this site, I created a new custom skin for Subtext. Since this is just a personal site, I threw things together fairly quickly, testing along the way with Firefox3 and IE7. Once I was getting closer to complete, I took a look at my new site in all the usual browsers, including IE6. Ugh, it looked terrible. I gave it some thought and made some decisions about supporting IE6. I'm not going to support it. Not on this site and not on others that I have a say in. I'm not talking about leaving my site unusable for IE6 users - they just won't get as good of an experience. I'm not alone with this decision. Read on to see why I am no longer supporting IE6.

SQL Server 2008 Management Studio tip: Status bar Custom Colors

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:16:02 GMT

"Here is a handy tip for those of you who work often with multiple SQL Server instances: Custom Colors for the connection status bar."

May 20th Links: ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, .NET, Visual Studio,Silverlight

Wed, 21 May 2008 09:31:08 GMT

Apologies for the sparseness of my posting the last few weeks - work and life have been busy here lately. Below is a new post in my link-listing series to help kick things up a little. Also check out my ASP.NET Tips, Tricks and Tutorials page and Silverlight Tutorials page for links to popular articles I've done myself in the past.

LINQ, Lambda, functional programming,C# 3.0, VB 9.0 (part2)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:53:22 GMT

Now, the story and also historical development that gives birth to LINQ in C# 3.0 and VB 9.0, also why functional construct in LINQ was needed.

CSS sliding doors technique

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:01:04 GMT

This article will show you how to create fancy buttons using CSS sliding doors technique. It is much better to use this technique than to use image buttons because you can apply the style to any link and at the same time you don't have to create an image for each button.

Guide to the semantic web

Thu, 08 May 2008 23:01:02 GMT

The calm after the storm: Mads explain what is semantic web and why it matters. And how we can get ready for it when Web 3.0 arrives.

MVC Storefront, Part 9: The Shopping Cart

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:31:02 GMT

In this episode I dive into implementing the Shopping Cart in a basic way so I can run a spike to make sure my pattern can push data nicely back into the DB without problems.